"I see two coffins, coffins that will bring this country to a standstill. You all have people in mind that you think are dying, but I see people surprised, saying ‘we thought this one was in good health, what happened?'

"One person is being buried and preparations are being made to go and pick up the second body for burial."

Followers of Apostle Chiwenga, who claims he hears from God, say he foretold the death of former MDC leader Morgan Tsvangirai and former President Robert Mugabe's ouster. In the same prophecy on Mugabe's exit, he said his successor would be an interim leader and would rule for a "very short time".

In the prophecy that appears to have irked the Vice President, Apostle Chiwenga continued: "Is it a good thing to die with food in your hands? You just die, like that? What does it mean, that you die while holding food in your hands?

"People will be saying, ‘he had finally made it, and was about to start enjoying his new station in life and suddenly he dies.' People will be saying, ‘why did he go through all the trouble only to die after sitting down at the dinner table to eat?' There's something that God is preparing."